It's True!
Chewbacca, the “gentle, hairy, non-English-speaking co-pilot” Star Wars character which is dubbed one of the best sidekicks in film history -- was inspired by the film's writer George Lucas seeing his own dog sitting up on the passenger seat of his car. The dog, named Indiana, also inspired the name of the lead character in another one of Lucas' film franchises - Indiana Jones. It is said that Chewbacca's name is derived from 'собака '(sobaka), the Russian word for dog.
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